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Photographer Spies On New Yorkers’ Text Messages, Shares 10 Of The Most Unusual Ones He’s Captured
Photographer Jeff Mermelstein, 63, from Brooklyn has spent almost 3 years secretly capturing New Yorkers' private text messages. Ranging from heartbreaking and alarming to downright bizarre and hilarious, these photos not only reveal the mundane details of their everyday life, but provide interesting insights into human nature as well.
Jeff has been using his iPhone photograph strangers' cellphone screens and sharing the images on his Instagram over the years, making sure the authors of the texts remain anonymous. Recently, the series have even made it into a book, #nyc (2020), published by MAC.
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Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
oh the existential irony!! (to be read with the sarcasm it's written with)
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Willem Groenewald 6 years ago
1% battery. Very much setting this conversation up for a "I've had enough, I'm switching off my phone" perception.
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BringOnTheDownvotes 6 years ago
Good job promoting complete invasion of privacy. This site never ceases to amaze me with what they think is ok
BringOnTheDownvotes 6 years ago
Good job promoting complete invasion of privacy. This site never ceases to amaze me with what they think is ok
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